Can't Get There From Here
By Todd Strasser
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The book ‘Can't get there from here’, by Todd Strasser, is rated a 4 to me. It is an adventure or teen angst book about a girl, Maybe, and her struggles growing up on the streets. A ‘gang’ is created and Maybe watches as, one by one, the friends she hangs with die from disease, abuse and illness. The other teens on the street with Maybe include Maggot, Rainbow, Jewel and then Tears, a 12-year-old runaway. On a day to day basis, their life consist of begging for change, doing chores for money, finding food and shelter, and ripping off tourists with fake drugs. Being clean is a luxury and Rainbow and Maybe are sexually harassed in a public library restroom. "Street urchins," as they are called, like Maybe, cant afford medicines so they are out of luck if something goes wrong.
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The book ‘Can't get there from here’, by Todd Strasser, is rated a 4 to me. It is an adventure or teen angst book about a girl, Maybe, and her struggles growing up on the streets. A ‘gang’ is created and Maybe watches as, one by one, the friends she hangs with die from disease, abuse and illness. The other teens on the street with Maybe include Maggot, Rainbow, Jewel and then Tears, a 12-year-old runaway. On a day to day basis, their life consist of begging for change, doing chores for money, finding food and shelter, and ripping off tourists with fake drugs. Being clean is a luxury and Rainbow and Maybe are sexually harassed in a public library restroom. "Street urchins," as they are called, like Maybe, cant afford medicines so they are out of luck if something goes wrong.
It’s a generally serious, life telling story about the life of young people on the streets. Rebellious, Rainbow refused to be helped by adults as there are freedoms on the street, but warm beds in shelters. A night at one of these shelters shows Maybe that the rules might just be worth it and makes her realize Tears could have more than all this. When Maybe meets a hopeful librarian, will she realize she can't get a better life from refusing help? Find out in ‘Can't get there from here’ by Todd Strasser. Over all I liked the book but would only recommend it to people into books about hardship.
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